Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the CPAC Straw Poll for the third year in a row, beating Jindal, Palin, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and others.
You can check out the Conservative Political Action Conference website from this year's gathering HERE.
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you happen to catch Rush's speech?
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ReplyDeleteOut of curiousity, I would be interested in a your take on a growing concern I have with Mitt as a candidate (and with our Republican Party in general):
The Mitt of SLOC, The Mitt of Massachusetts, etc. seems to be gone for good. I am saddened by this. I initially understood his need to move to the right in the presidential campaign as that is a necessary move to win a Republican Primary. Makes sense.
However, now he seems to have chosen to align himself with the far right of the party outside of those election year dynamics. I'm afraid this will make it very difficult for him to appeal to the broad middle of the American Electorate in the future(a clear electoral majority of "moderate Republicans," independents, and "conservative Democrats).
I'm afraid this will make it very hard for him to be a meaningful national figure in the future (which I believe he could be). He seems to be making the same mistake that some in the party want to make. I'm afraid that the Boehner's/Jindal's/Newts as well as Rush/Hannity have all misread the lessons of this election.
It is not that McCain was too moderate and that we need to move right, it was that McCain moved too far right to appease that wing of the party. Given that the real right/conservative element of the electorate will probably never grow larger than 20-25%, the party will truly isolate itself (and Mitt will if he continues to embrace that element) if it moves too far right (conservative).
I'm afraid that what the party needs is to return to the roots of Lincoln and more specifically Teddy Roosevelt - a Center/right 'big tent' party (not far right of center) where the majority of the American electorate is. Mitt has the capacity to be an exceptional Center/Right candidate, but he seems to want to be just a Right-wing candidate.